Home/Newsfeed

UK October Consumer Credit Rises Strongly, Mortgage Approvals Edge Higher

Share Print 0

British consumer credit continued to grow during October at rates not seen since 2006, while mortgage approvals edged up, Bank of England data showed on Monday.

While lending to consumers rose slightly less than forecast by 1.178 billion pounds last month, consumer credit was 8.2 percent higher compared with October last year — a rate of growth that matched September’s 9-1/2-year high.

Mortgage approvals for house purchases numbered 69,630 in October, up from 69,012 in September. Analysts in a Reuters poll had forecast 70,000 mortgage approvals were made last month.

The value of mortgage lending rose by 3.629 billion pounds from 3.562 billion in September, marking the biggest increase since April 2008 and outstripping forecasts for a 3.45 billion pound rise.

The figures suggest Britain’s housing market is starting to accelerate again after a dip last year when tighter rules on mortgage lending took effect.

Reuters

Content is for general information purposes only. It is not investment advice or a solution to buy or sell securities. Opinions are the authors; not necessarily that of OANDA Business Information & Services, Inc. or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers or directors. If you would like to reproduce or redistribute any of the content found on MarketPulse, an award winning forex, commodities and global indices analysis and news site service produced by OANDA Business Information & Services, Inc., please access the RSS feed or contact us at info@marketpulse.com. Visit https://www.marketpulse.com/ to find out more about the beat of the global markets. © 2023 OANDA Business Information & Services Inc.

Craig Erlam

Craig Erlam

Former Senior Market Analyst, UK & EMEA at OANDA
Based in London, Craig Erlam joined OANDA in 2015 as a market analyst. With many years of experience as a financial market analyst and trader, he focuses on both fundamental and technical analysis while producing macroeconomic commentary.

His views have been published in the Financial Times, Reuters, The Telegraph and the International Business Times, and he also appears as a regular guest commentator on the BBC, Bloomberg TV, FOX Business and SKY News.

Craig holds a full membership to the Society of Technical Analysts and is recognised as a Certified Financial Technician by the International Federation of Technical Analysts.
, ,
Back to Top